Improvement in cultivators



L. G. YoUNes,

PATENT Fries.

OF VILMINGTON, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEKNIENT IN CULTIVATORS.

Specilication forming part of Letters Pat-ent No. d, dated July 1l, 1865.

To all whoml it may concern.-

` Be it known that I, I.. G. YOUNGS, of Wilmington, in the county of Will and State of I linois, yhave invented a new and lImproved Corn Planter and Uultivator; declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being' had to the accom pan yin g drawings, forming part oi' this specification, in which Figure 1, Sheet No. 1, is a side sectional view ofmy invention arranged as a corn-planter, taken in the line :c ,\Fig. 2, Fig. 2, a plan or top view of the same; Fig. 3, a vertical section of the hopper and seed-dropping device pertaining to the same, taken inthe line` y y, Fig. 4; Fig. 4, a horizontal section ot' Fig. 3, taken in the line yy; Fig. 5, an inverted plan or bottom view of the hopper; Fig. 6, Sheet No. 2, a side sectional view of the device arranged as a. cultivator, taken in the lines le z, Fig. 7; Fig. 7, a plan or top view ot' the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Thisinvention relates toa new and improved devieehfor planting corn, and also for plowing and criltivatirii'g corn and other crops which are grown in hillslor drills; and it relates to a new and improved means for adjusting the plows laterally, so that the same may be made to conform to the sin'uosities of the rows of plants when the device is used as a cultivator.

A represents an axle, having awheel, 13,011 each end of it, ahd C is a. frame composed of two parallel bars, a a, connected at their front ends by a cross-bar, b, the rear ofthe barsa a being attached to the axle A.

D is the draft-pole, which is attached to the center of the axle A and cross-bar b, and E E E E (see Figs. 6 and 7) are foar bars, the front ends of which have metal plates Fsecured to them, said, plates being fitted in brackets G attached to the crossb'ar b, the plates F being secured in the brackets by means of a rod, G. These bars E E E E have plows H attached to their rear ends', and the outer bars, E E', are" connected near their tront and rear ends by crossbars c, the two central bars, E E, being free. These latter bars, E E, are tted in loops I, which extend down .from a shaft, J, the bearl ings of which are on theaxle A,and this shaft and I do hereby' is allowed to slide in its lbearings in order to E' E are connected by chains e c to arms fj onthe shaft J, and this shaft has a lever, K', .at one end ofit, by moving which the shaft J will be turned and the bars E E E E raised, and consequently the plows, through the medium ofthe loops I and the chains e e and arms ff.

The above parts comprise the cultivator, and it will be seen that the -plows ofthe central bars, E E, may be adjusted laterally with the greatest facility, in order that the plows attached to said bars may be moved to conform l to the sinuosities of the rows of plants, and that all the plows may be raised out of'the ground when required. Then the device is used as a corn-planter the bars E E are' detached and others, E* Ex, rinserted in their place. (See Figs. 1 and 2.) These bars Ex are provided with furrow-openers L and with presssure and covering rollers M.

To a standard, N, of each bar E", there is secured a hopper, 0, composedvot'a cylindrical or conical sheet-metal cast-iron cup, Ii. cular hole, i, in them to admit ot' the seed passing through, and have also a curved slot,j, in which a pin, k, attached to the distributer Pis fitted and works said slot and pin, serving lto* limit the movement of the distributor. (See Fig. 5.)

The distributer is a circular disk, having two holes, l l, made in-it, each of which is provided with a slide, m, by adjusting which thecapacity ofthe holes l may be varied according to the number of'seed required for each dropping. `(See FigxA'.)

The sheet-metal box g has a partition, a, within it provided with a brush, o, at its lower end to serve`as a cut-oli'.

The seed-distributing apparatus ofboth hop` pers are precisely alike, andthe seed is dis-l charged 'by turning the disks P frstin one di'- rection and then `in the other', so that the holes l lwill pass alternately under thecut-oi' brushes o and come in line with the box, g, inserted in a: These cups h have each a eirhole i, which the partition u cuts oflfrmn the interiorofthe'hop pers, und cause L ]e seed to be discharged into the furrows7 theholes Z being filled with seed as they pass Within the hoppers.

The disks P are operated by being attached to the lower ends of shafts Q, the upper ends of which have cranks p on them, the inner ends of' the latter being connected by rods p', to thc lower end of a lever, R, which is within the reach of the attendant or driver. The drivers seat, when the device is used as a co1 nplanter, is se'eured to the draft-pole D, as shown in Fig. 2.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- L. G. YOUNGS.

Witnesses:

M. H. HLLBURN, D. W. DILLMAN. 

